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scald (SKAWLD) (verb)
1. To burn by using a hot liquid or steam: Why did Frederick have to scald Don's hand with that hot water?
2. To bring a liquid to a temperature that is not quite boiling: The recipe said to scald the milk before using it.
scold (SKOHLD) (noun)
Someone who is habitually noisy and quarrelsome: Ricky is the village scold who was always complaining and gossiping about other people.
scold (SKOHLD) (verb)
To rebuke or to find fault, typically in an argumentative manner: The teacher might scold her students if they don't do their homework.

The old scold in the kitchen had to scold her son by reminding him to scald the pot before making a new pot of tea.

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